Minor Chords
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What is a minor chord?
If we take an A minor scale, as shown below, and take the first, third and fifth notes of the scale and play them at the same time, we end up with an A minor chord.
Below are three primary configurations of an A minor chord. These all have the same notes: A, C and E, just in different octaves. These different configurations are called inversions.
Minor chords on the Stick
Corresponding to the three inversions we saw above are three chord shapes that can be used on the melody side of the Stick. They are:
The universality of Stick shapes
When you want to play a different minor chord, you can not only shift these patterns up and down the neck, you can also shift them to over by one or more strings. For instance, the diagram below shows the first chord shape shifted over by a string. This shape still plays a minor chord; but it is a different minor chord.
The ability to use the same shape and have it still play a minor chord also extends to the bass side, but with a twist. Since the lower strings are to the right instead of the left, the inversions are a bit different. If you play the first three shapes on the bass side so they play an A minor chord, they will play the following chords, which are different voicings of the A minor chord:
Because the bass side is tuned in fifths, the chords that it plays are a bit more spread out, but they still consist of the notes A, C and E.
